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Spectacular Hong Kong
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 19/10/2023
» Gazing out of a transparent floor-to-ceiling crystal cable car, the pristine sky and striking panoramic vistas of Lantau Island took my breath away. A few weeks had passed since a heavy downpour triggered flooding that engulfed the metro stations and streets of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong airport posts biggest monthly drop in travellers since 2009
Published on 16/09/2019
» Hong Kong International Airport suffered its biggest monthly drop in passengers in a decade, with a decline of 12.4% — or at least 850,000 fewer travellers — in August as anti-government protests gripped the city, according to figures released on Sunday.
Airlines ask Hong Kong to waive airport fees as demand drops
Reuters, Published on 23/09/2019
» SINGAPORE: Scores of airlines wrote jointly to the Hong Kong government earlier this month to seek airport fee waivers as they struggle to deal with the financial fallout from anti-government protests that have led to a sharp drop in traveller demand.
Hong Kong airport to lift transit passenger ban from April 1
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/03/2022
» Hong Kong airport will allow transit passengers for the first time in three months, building on the wider relaxation of strict Covid-19 border controls in the Asian financial hub.
Hong Kong may close airport as super typhoon heads towards city
Published on 22/09/2025
» Hong Kong is considering shutting its international airport on Tuesday ahead of Super Typhoon Ragasa, which is currently churning off the northeast coast of the Philippines with strong winds.
Hong Kong airport cuts flights from Tuesday due to super typhoon
Published on 22/09/2025
» Hong Kong International Airport expects flights to be cut starting on Tuesday as the Asian financial hub braces for one of its strongest super typhoons in years.
Hong Kong leader rules out concessions as protesters stage airport sit-in
AFP, Published on 09/08/2019
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam on Friday ruled out concessions to "silence the violent protesters", as pro-democracy activists who have staged months of demonstrations rallied at the city's airport.
Singapore, Hong Kong threaten to retaliate over EU's tougher airport slot rules
Published on 17/09/2021
» HONG KONG: Regulators in Asian hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong have threatened to retaliate against European Union plans to force airlines to start using take-off and landing slots frozen during the coronavirus pandemic, a move that could oblige Europe's carriers to fly empty seats for thousands of miles at a loss.
Hong Kong opens third airport runway with marginal gain in landing slots
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/11/2024
» Hong Kong’s third airport runway officially starts operating on Thursday, but there’ll be hardly any additional flight capacity for at least another year.
Hong Kong tightens airport health checks amid DR Congo mystery disease outbreak
Published on 06/12/2024
» Hong Kong authorities have stepped up health screening measures for all flights arriving from African transit hubs as they brace for risks of an unidentified disease that killed at least 79 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).